O'Sullivan Rubber Corporation

Item# 2452

$25.00

O’Sullivan dated back to 1896, when a printer named Humphrey O'Sullivan invented the rubber heel by nailing pieces of a rubber floor mat to his shoes (pictured on this piece). Originally known as the O’Sullivan Rubber Company, the company name was changed in 1970 to O’Sullivan Corporation. This change was made as a result of the company’s growth into plastics, vinyl and other synthetic materials.

The company enjoyed a long and fruitful relationship with the automotive industry, beginning in 1953 when their flexible vinyl was used on the seat backs of Cadillac vehicles. The same year, the company perfected the process for laminating plastic to metal and soon was supplying material to luggage and business machinery manufacturers in addition to automobile makers.

Just three years later, O’Sullivan calendered vinyl for padded dashboards hit the market, furthering establishing the company as a major automotive company supplier.

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